Inspiration

With some misgivings, we left a young baby-sitter in charge of our three energetic youngsters.

When we returned a few hours later, she was sitting alone watching TV.

I went to check on the children, and found them in our narrow hallway. 

By bracing their arms and legs against the walls, two of them had climbed up to the ceiling.

"The baby-sitter taught us how," they said gleefully.

The sitter joined me, her face a deep red. 

"Since they had me climbing the walls, I figured they might as well be too," she stammered.

We kept the same girl for the next two years.

If you see a married couple still in love through the years,
you may think how lucky they are.
But in marital relations, there is no such thing as luck.

They made many compromises,
they overlooked each other's faults.
They forgave many mistakes and endured many problems.
They spent years learning to understand one another.

Love has never been a matter of luck.
It's mutual giving, compromise, shared dreams,
care, respect, mercy and patience.

- Unknown

"If you don't heal from what hurt you, you'll bleed on people who didn't cut you."

- Unknown

Every day I need you Lord
But this day especially,
I need some extra strength
To face what ever is to be.

This day more than any day
I need to feel you near,
To fortify my courage
And to overcome my fear.

By myself, I cannot meet
The challenge of the hour,
There are times when humans help,
But we need a higher power

To assist us bear what must be borne,
and so dear Lord, I pray -
Hold on to my trembling hand
And be near me today.

Amen.

- Author Unknown